dennis scharnberg

“Everything that you buy,” warned Mr. George Upton, “costs you more than just money.”

Mark Anthony,  The Tale of the Mirror.

Modernist art was essentially self-portraiture.

Anthony Scowling,  The Beat Paradigm.

“Your thinking is untidy, William.  Let’s leave it at that.”

Thaddeus Crewes,  Crowded Evil World.

Just because we share in the same delusion does not mean that we are not individually delusional.

Tyrone Sommer,  Circling the Drain.

Whereas once upon a time we had reticence, now we have Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and all the rest.

Roger Hedgecook,  Stolen and Sold for Parts.

…birdes are flowne

and nowt left to conceale ower moane….

Anonymous Lyrical Fragment   (ca. 1592)

Priscilla Fanning, ed.,  Fragments From the Elizabethan Stage.

…and Cassandra spent the entire afternoon whining about how awful the Nazis had been.

Chadwick Graves,  One Damned Thing After Another.

James had reflected at some length on what one should dwell upon, and what one shouldn’t.  Now, all that remained was to figure out how one might achieve this “dwelling upon” business.

Brock Keefle,  Truthful Tom.

A fashion magazine is a plenum of insincerity.

Hill Boothby,  Essays on Disappointment Management.

Ellen felt a certain loyalty to her smallish breasts.  So, augmentation was not a serious prospect.

Diana Moone,  Living Well.